Stand by Me

Out of the massive contributions made to developmental psychology, no psychologist had made a more significant contribution than Erik Erikson. As a young man, Erikson was highly influenced by the Freud family and their school of thought. However, Erikson disagreed with the Freudian concept of psychosexual stages, the idea that humans undergo stages of development and resolve basic conflicts by physical and pleasurable gratification (Santrock, 22). “According to Freud, the primary motivation for human behavior is sexual in nature according to Erikson, it is social and reflects a desire to affiliate with other people,” (Santrock, 23). Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory is a well rounded view of life- span development, it incorporates important conflicts during each stage of development that most people can relate to and apply to their own development.

Erikson’s theory has eight stages of development and a corresponding age range for each stage. The first stage is known as trust versus mistrust, which occurs from birth to a child’s first year, during this stage the infant learns that he or she is able to either trust the caregiver or develop a distrust of their caregiver. The second stage is known as autonomy versus shame and doubt, during this stage the child, usually 1 to 3 years of age, learns to either develop their own autonomy and independence or if reprimanded too severely they will develop shame when exerting independence.

The third stage is known as initiative versus guilt, which occurs from ages 3- 6, in this stage the child uses their newfound independence to cultivate his or her self efficacy and if the child is discouraged from doing so he or she may develop guilt about taking initiative. The fourth stage, industry versus inferiority, occurs between ages 6-11, when the child experiences elementary school, during this stage the child either masters their…...

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...An important relationship between characters in the film “Stand by me” Directed by Rob Reiner is the relationship between two characters, Chris Chambers and Gordie LaChance. We gain an understanding of this relationship through the use of dialogue, different camera shots, music and the parallel between Teddy and Vern.“Stand by me” gives us the story, narrated by adult Gordie, about a particular Journey involving four childhood friends, Teddy, Vern and Chris that happened in the summer of 1959 and that his outlook on life forever.
An important aspect of the important relationship between Chris and Gordie is the strength of their friendship. This is shown in the incident of Gordie’s cap being stolen by Ace and Eyeball. Chris sticks up for Gordie and risks being beaten by the two older boys. The director uses Low angle shots of Chris trying to get the cap back off him, this makes him seem inferior and helpless in his efforts as the two older boy’s tower over him. This incident helps us understand the strength of the two boy’s friendship. The strength of the Chris and Gordie’s is especially noticeable when mid shots display two boys in convocation about life and the problems they are both facing. Gordie is faced with the neglect of his parents and feels like the “invisible boy at home” after the death of his older brother Dennie. Chris’s friendship makes gordie feel a lot better about himself and makes Gordie realise that he doesn’t have to live up to what Dennie was and that......

...STAND BY ME
I’d like to begin by giving a short summary of the movie. Gordie Lachance who is a writer, looks back at a certain episode of his childhood. Him and his three friends Chris, Teddy and Vern would hang out in their treehouse, play cards and smoke cigarettes. One day Teddy overheard his older brother and a friend of his, speak of a dead body in the woods. And Teddy immediately knew that the body was the child of his own age, whom had gone missing a few months earlier. The four friends decide to go on an epic journey to find the body of the missing child. What they didn’t know was that Teddy’s older brother and the gang he was a member of also had decided to go find the body in an attempt to gather fame and attention. After a journey full of exciting and challenging episodes the two groups arrive almost simultaneously at the location of the dead body. Who will leave with the body and receive the fame and fortune? A vivid discussion starts up, and the leader of the gang pulls out a knife. Gordie then proceeds to pull out a gun and he scares the gang and their members away. The four boys decide to make an anonymous call to the police so they can locate the body on their own. The friends then separate and soon after everything is as if nothing ever happened.
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...The film Stand By Me by Rob Reiner, teaches young viewers about life. The film revolutionizes and challenges how young viewers perceive the world. Stand By Me follows a quartet of young inseparable boys on a elusive and irrevocable quest to discover a dead child's body, where they are suffused into the pressures of adolescence, and uncertainty. It delves into the troubled dispositions of each characters whom are ostracized by their families. It explores the coming of age, as the young boys move closer destination, tension arises as they are overwhelmed by the solemness of what they are to find. It also emphasises that death is an essential and inevitable part of life, as illustrated by the untimely death of a young boy, Ray Brower. Stand By Me teaches young viewers that experiences can alter relationships, which ordeals individuals' bonds of connection towards each other. This articulated through the utilization of diagetic sounds as well as camera angle/movements and editing techniques, in order to capture the characters' motifs, expressions and esteem.
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...Stand By Me
“Stand by Me” is a film about the journey of four boys from Castle Rock, Oregon, USA in search of a dead body. The film is directed by Rob Reiner, based on a book called “The Body” by Stephen King. I am going so concentrate on, and describe the main character of the story, Gordie LaChance who is played by Will Wheaton. I will show you how he is coming to terms with adulthood throughout the film. I will use camera techniques to show you this.
The opening of the film enters with a long shot of ripened cornfields and a car placed at the side of the road. It is clearly autumn with winter on its way this matches Gordie's mood and time of life. The lighting in these first images suggest sunset and the day being over. The music is peaceful and full of emotion. The music straight away indicates loneliness. This environment tells us that the man in the car, Gordie LaChance is feeling lonely and sad. The emotions on his face and his body language tell us this also. A close up of a paper, which he is clutching in his hand, is the reason for this. The headline on the paper reads, “ Attorney Chris Chambers fatally stabbed in restaurant.” Chris was Gordie’s best friend when he was twelve years old. The directors have two boys cycle past the Landover and off into the distance in a point of view shot. This camera technique is excellent as it shows us boys cycling into the distance takes us to the past, as the structure of the film is a flashback. There is a zoom in from a......

...The novel ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ written by J.C Burke and the film ‘Stand by me’ written by Rob Reiner. These texts present the fact that relationships with people assist one’s journey of going into the World, people deal with obstacles differently and maturity brings great rewards. J.C.Burke uses descriptive language, dialogue, metaphors and idiomatic first person narration.
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Going into the World can be a difficult and a daunting time which everyone can find hard to overcome. Going into the world can be defined as growing up when you may or may not be ready. Individuals venturing into the world will experience obstacles but with maturity and relationships the individual can gain significant rewards. This is clearly shown in the two following texts.
Going into the World can be a difficult and a daunting time which everyone can find hard to overcome. Going into the world can be defined as growing up when you may or may not be ready. Individuals venturing into the world will experience obstacles but with maturity and relationships the individual can gain significant rewards. This is clearly......

...Functions of Friendship
Stand by Me explores the groups’ transition from “care-free” children to young adults. As the group of four journeys to find the dead body, they also make a personal journey in their individual identity. They break away from their parents care by saying that they are camping out in one of the boys’ backyard, while also breaking away from their parents support and discovering who they are as individuals. Dacey states that “peer influence serves important social and psychological functions. When adolescents do not have the chance to be part of a peer group, they miss out on important learning experiences” (2008: 328). With their parents removed, the boys rely on the friendship they have with one-another for support in their independent development.
The overarching theme that is present in the boys’ friendship is companionship. The boys feel a sense of belonging in the peer group. According to Dr. Bodinger-deUriarte, in addition to providing a general sense of belonging, peer groups share their developing sense of the world and their role within in it, with those they can relate too that are also experimenting with identity and potential (2011). This concept is illustrated when Gordy and Chris are talking about how they will be in different academic classes in Junior High. Gordy rejects his new future academic classmates and wants to associate with his current friends, who are not as scholarly, because he feels a sense of belonging......

...Functions of Friendship
Stand by Me explores the groups’ transition from “care-free” children to young adults. As the group of four journeys to find the dead body, they also make a personal journey in their individual identity. They break away from their parents care by saying that they are camping out in one of the boys’ backyard, while also breaking away from their parents support and discovering who they are as individuals. Dacey states that “peer influence serves important social and psychological functions. When adolescents do not have the chance to be part of a peer group, they miss out on important learning experiences” (2008: 328). With their parents removed, the boys rely on the friendship they have with one-another for support in their independent development.
The overarching theme that is present in the boys’ friendship is companionship. The boys feel a sense of belonging in the peer group. According to Dr. Bodinger-deUriarte, in addition to providing a general sense of belonging, peer groups share their developing sense of the world and their role within in it, with those they can relate too that are also experimenting with identity and potential (2011). This concept is illustrated when Gordy and Chris are talking about how they will be in different academic classes in Junior High. Gordy rejects his new future academic classmates and wants to associate with his current friends, who are not as scholarly, because he feels a sense of belonging with them. Both Gordy......

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Stand By Me Film Analysis
“Stand by me” directed by Rob Reiner concentrates; on life altering moments and the value of friendships. The film as narrated by Gordie, who is the main character talks about his four friends and how they had a life altering moment when they were twelve years old. Gordie narrates the events looking back 27 years after the events described had happened after he had become a father of a twelve year old kid and a successful writer. Through the film, Gordie looks back fondly at the adventures he had with his friends Teddy, Vern and Chris. The movie follows the four friends as they decide to leave their small town and go find the body of another boy their age that had been killed after being hit by a train. The film demonstrates the value of true friends who are supportive, more understanding and caring than parents. These aspects are reflected all throughout the movie.
The film starts when the four boys decide to leave their small town and search for the dead body of the kid who had been hit by a train. This happens after Vern had overheard two older kids talking about the dead body which they had seen a few miles from their town near a railroad track next to a river. The narrative briefly describes a problem that Gordie is facing at home. The film depicts Gordie as being invisible at home as his parents seem to ignore him after the death of his elder brother. Gordie’s family could not...

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Stand By Me Film Analysis
“Stand by me” directed by Rob Reiner concentrates; on life altering moments and the value of friendships. The film as narrated by Gordie, who is the main character talks about his four friends and how they had a life altering moment when they were twelve years old. Gordie narrates the events looking back 27 years after the events described had happened after he had become a father of a twelve year old kid and a successful writer. Through the film, Gordie looks back fondly at the adventures he had with his friends Teddy, Vern and Chris. The movie follows the four friends as they decide to leave their small town and go find the body of another boy their age that had been killed after being hit by a train. The film demonstrates the value of true friends who are supportive, more understanding and caring than parents. These aspects are reflected all throughout the movie.
The film starts when the four boys decide to leave their small town and search for the dead body of the kid who had been hit by a train. This happens after Vern had overheard two older kids talking about the dead body which they had seen a few miles from their town near a railroad track next to a river. The narrative briefly describes a problem that Gordie is facing at home. The film depicts Gordie as being invisible at home as his parents seem to ignore him after the death of his elder brother. Gordie’s family could not...

...Stand By Me Film Analysis
“Stand by me” directed by Rob Reiner concentrates; on life altering moments and the value of friendships. The film as narrated by Gordie, who is the main character talks about his four friends and how they had a life altering moment when they were twelve years old. Gordie narrates the events looking back 27 years after the events described had happened after he had become a father of a twelve year old kid and a successful writer. Through the film, Gordie looks back fondly at the adventures he had with his friends Teddy, Vern and Chris. The movie follows the four friends as they decide to leave their small town and go find the body of another boy their age that had been killed after being hit by a train. The film demonstrates the value of true friends who are supportive, more understanding and caring than parents. These aspects are reflected all throughout the movie.
The film starts when the four boys decide to leave their small town and search for the dead body of the kid who had been hit by a train. This happens after Vern had overheard two older kids talking about the dead body which they had seen a few miles from their town near a railroad track next to a river. The narrative briefly describes a problem that Gordie is facing at home. The film depicts Gordie as being invisible at home as his parents seem to ignore him after the death of his elder brother. Gordie’s family could not deal with the loss of the brother. However, Gordie thinks that......

...In any film the opening scene is one of the most important scenes as it helps the veiwer know if it's worth watching or not. In the film 'Stand by me'it has a very simple opening. It starts with a black screen with only text. Plain bold, large and says, of course, 'Stand by me'. it then goes onto a scene of the countyside, in the morning. We know this as you can see the sun hasn't fully come up and therefore the scene has low key lighting. In the scene there is a car sitting stationary off centre. There is the diagetic sound of birds singing which also gives off the feeling this car is in the middle of nowhere which gets the veiwer thinking 'why is this car here and nothing else is?'. It then goes onto a closer veiw of the car which is now midshot. You can hear soft and relaxing music playing in the background.The camera continues to close up on the car and you can now see there is a man in this car. It then cuts to a close up of the man in the from the left hand side from with a low angle shot. It looks as if he is thinking about something. The car is no longer a barrier between us and the man in the car. He sighs and moves slightly and looks at a newspaper on the passenger seat. We then get a point of view shot of the newspaper which states it is 'Wednesday, September 24th, 1985' and has a headline saying 'Attorney Christopher Chambers fatally stabbed in restaurant.'It then brings up the question 'what was the connection between the man in the can and Christopher Chambers?'...

...Stand by Me Analysis
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The following paper will contain an analysis of a movie based on Stephen king’s novel Stand by Me. This movie shows the background of four children in a small town in which they are growing up. The background shows they all come from somewhat of an abusive background and how they cope with having little chance of success in their lives. Throughout the paper you will read how the journey that the group goes on further develops each member as well as the group as a whole. Particularly you will see how the plot, other groups, and each significant moment along the way further develop the group and each member. As the story goes on you will read about the different stages that the group will undergo and how the group shifts its motives. The paper will contain an analysis of each group member so that the reader has enough information to understand the rest of the paper.
“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve” The movie begins with an older man who narrarates the movie, we soon find out that this is Gordie telling his story about the time him and his best friends went to see a dead body. The movie is about four young boys who are growing up in a small town who have little chance of being real successful. The boys go off on an adventure to see a dead body in hopes to become famous. Throughout the paper I will be giving background information on each character and describe how that information develops their group,......

...“Stand By Me” is a film directed by Rob Reiner, which is based on the
novella “The Body” by Stephen King. Stand By Me is the story of four
twelve year olds living in a small town in the year 1959, whose lives
were changed by a chance adventure that they embarked on at the end of
an indolent summer. The four boys were Gordie Lachance (Wil Wheaton),
Chris Chambers (River Phoenix), Teddy Duchamp (Corey Feldman), and
Vern Tessio (Jerry O'Connell). It fits into the film genre coming of
age. This genre is outlines as a small group of individuals who have a
life changing experience in the natural world. They are usually are
the same sex, If not the opposing character would be more
masculine/feminine and clearly more suited to hanging round with the
group of the opposite sex.
The director of the film is keen to show a very strong message, which
is apparent though out the film. We are alone in this long journey to
adulthood. He expresses this in a variety of ways. One method is
cinematography. He frequently uses perspective and panoramic shots,
which charts their long, eventful but beautiful journey to the back
Harlow Road. The incoming train is another way Reiner shows the boys
fear of adulthood. The train is a large, opposing and fast moving
object; the threat is objective rather than impersonal. It is one of
the imagery factors used he uses to add to his message. Other
references to the adult world are seen as enclosed and often hazy,......

...Review of the film "Stand By Me"
3/28/2016
Hum/150 Dr. Evans
Stand By Me, is a coming-of-age story based off of the Stephen King short story entitled "The
Body." The film could be categorized as a drama, adventure or comedy depending on which scene you
are watching. I'm gonna label it an adventure, to me an adventure should be packed with a little bit of
everything. Stand By Me takes place in the 1950's in rural Oregon. Four friends Gordy (Wil Wheaton),
Chris(River Phoenix), Teddy(Corey Feldman) and Vern(Jerry O'Connell) embark n a treachorous hike to
discover the body of a local boy who is presumed dead. During their trip they have to scramble for food,
dodge trains, avoid local bullies, remove leeches and protect equipment from aterrifying dog named
Chopper.Throughout their adventure the best buds also come to grips with issues in their personal lives
There were many techniques used to help tell the story for Stand By Me. First off, most scenes
involve all four of the main characters. This made me feel the togetherness of their group and showed
how much of a bond they really had with each other. The sound was great, particularly the soundtrack.
The oldies helped place you in the 50's, as well as the jargon used by the characters. The setting for
most of the film was outdoors and most the time along the train tracks they were following. A lot of
wide camera shots and angles were used to give the viewer a better idea of their surroundings and......